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How about "<whitespace-or-punctation-or-beginning-of-the line>bold<whitespace-or-punctation-or-end-of-the-line>"? -- RadomirDopieralski
Yes, those are both fine. -- ChuckSmith
" bold This might be problematic as it is a collision with bullet lists "
- So might it be useful to pick another character instead of * ? MarkGaved - 30-Aug-06
Asterisk are a very deeply rooted tradition. Kind of. Usually single asterisks were used, though. I wonder if it's good to have "visual" formatting, like bold and italics, or better have "semantic" one, like ephasis and strong emphasis, like in html? -- RadomirDopieralski 2006-08-30
It's my belief that the asterisks don't really collide with bullet lists, except in rare cases. You see, if we require that
- bullet lists start at first column, and
- bullet lists can't start with two asterisks (which probably makes sense, you can't start with a two-deep indentation anyway)
Then the only possible collision is the case where the user intends to start a line with a bold statement just right after a bullet list has finished - without a paragraph break. I.e.
* this is a bullet list * This is a bullet list, too **bold thingy**
However, I think the visual cue is quite enough for people. This, after all, looks more like a bullet list continuation than a bold thing. So it would be easy for an user to correct the problem and add an extra paragraph break.
-- JanneJalkanen, 2006-08-31